January Returns

Enjoy the last day of mild air today because some big changes are waiting in the wings. Another arctic cold snap is headed in our direction with temperatures plummeting tonight through much of the day tomorrow. A look at 850 mb temperatures shows the cold air funneling into the upper Midwest. The three pictures below start at noon today, then midnight tonight, and then noon tomorrow. The temperature over Sioux Falls drops over 20 degrees Celsius in 24 hours which is just tremendous. Expect highs today in the middle afternoon and then temperatures falling for basically the next 36 hours. Temperatures will fall all day Friday, including the day light hours, and then bottom out Saturday morning with below zero readings likely in many areas. It will be staying cold through the weekend AND we have the possibility of snow Saturday night through Monday. The models are not agreeing real well yet on just where the snow will fall and how much we will get so I wont get ahead of myself, but you can expect us to address the situation in the next couple of blogs. Enjoy the mild weather.

~KDLT Meteorologist Cody Matz